saying they don't have chemistry is kinda of wrong even if their initial chemistry was onesided by gotou's based on their time as library committee members , but their later sexual chemistry was mutual , with her wanting to have more sex with him even after what he did and also her later changes where she stopped seeing other guys cus they didn't have gotou's stamina
Agawa and honest talk in the same sentence have you not been paying attention to this story that will never happen. I don't think the author really knows how to write that.
If you have to describe chemistry as "one sided" then its not chemistry. There is a sexual chemistry but the problem is, that is all that is there for Agawa which you then realized isn't anything special in a world where everyone is fucking. If Agawa was just a side piece then sure, that sexual chemistry would justify the lack of relationship process but the problem is that she isn't in the eyes of Gotou.
Calling it “no chemistry” is just redefining chemistry as “exactly the kind of relationship I personally approve of.” The chemistry is there, it is just asymmetrical at first.
I do not believe Gotou and Inukai are the same. Gotou only starts to resemble Inukai after he begins copying him, because he is panicking and trying to become what he thinks Agawa wants. That is not his natural state, it is him bending himself out of shape. This is even spelled out in the latest chapter when he says he actually likes “romantic sex.” He turned himself into something he assumed Agawa wanted, and when she finally saw that version of him, she rejected it.
What? The whole reason why chemistry is called chemistry is because its all about how two things react or interact I'm not redefining anything. I said they have a sexual chemistry but the problem is, that's all and it means even less in this type of story
When I say that Gotou and Inukai are the same, I don't mean in every way but moreso that they are overwhelmingly driven by their dicks (it's my fault for not being more clear about this). This ranges from Gotou fucking Akito for the first time even though he knows Akito wants something romantic while he doesn't, him jerking off all night and getting zeros in his tests results. And now with him saying he wants to be with all three girls despite the fact that the girls he's choosing may not be satisfied by that, evident in the threesome he has with Akito and Shiina where Akito says she loves Gotou while Gotou says he likes Akito. This even includes the retcon threesome where he chooses to fuck Shiina even though Agawa is the one he truly wants and Agawa shows visible signs of discomfort during the threesome - while this might be more excusable considering Agawa did push him into this and Gotou is still a teen, I think the other points still hold up.
Obviously his L's are not just for comedy, there wouldn't be much of a story (less than we currently have) if that was the case, I'm mainly criticising people who act offended that Takeda is making Gotou suffer so much when he deserves it in most cases. Due to the humourous ways his suffering is presented, I think it's fair to laugh at it - of course your more serious interpretation makes sense and I largely agree with it.
That's pretty much what im saying myself. Outside of sex they have none whatsoever to justify catching feelings for each other.
I am fine dropping the word “chemistry” for the early phase and calling it one-sided attraction if you prefer. The important part is: Gotou’s pull toward Agawa starts during their time as library committee members, before he knows about her reputation. He likes that she is kind to him, that she accepts his shyness, and that she is surprisingly responsible at home. That is a specific, grounded reason tied to their shared history, not “pussy game in another universe.”
I would say it's more of an 85-90%
You are completely right that Gotou is a self-centered, stupid, horny teenager who is currently unable to navigate his relationships properly because of his uncontrolled desires. If a girl says “let’s fuck,” he is already halfway there. I see the story as his growth from this lost horny gremlin into a more functional horny young adult, and Takeda keeps highlighting his failures on that path.
Agawa herself doesn't even know she's into Gotou so I doubt Gotou knows she's into him unless you mean purely physical in which case, so are. I also think that you are stretching the kindness and the bit that is there is very frontloaded.
I mean if she is into the sex then wouldn't her next option be to go out and try and find a similar experience which is exactly what she did during the break?
Ok but what does that have to do with any sense of intimate change with Agawa? Agawa literally paraded Gotou on a tour to find other sex friends right before meeting the pres so either she knew everyone was going to reject him (which if true, so much for "kindness") or she just doesn't want to lose him as a sex friend to the pres in which case there is no intimate change there and quite frankly the story thus far paints the pres as a much more beneficial sex friend than Agawa.
Ok but all this points out is that she's down bad physically, and since its just physically she is able to keep searching for ways to satisfy her which is what she is doing.
I don't think thats different at all. You are saying that everything revolves around Agawa, I agree, so then why is this plot revolving around a character who has so little screen time or development? Like think of the little that we know of Awaga, how much of that has come through direct interaction between Gotou and Agawa and how much has come from interaction with Gotou and a third party talking about Agawa? And then the third party ends up being directly involved in solving some issues Gotou has while Agawa, the fmc, is off, outside the screen, not developing, probably cooking up another issue that Gotou will be tied to, that a different third party will help resolve.
Which is dumb because she’s become an afterthought at this point and in my opinion should be cut from the story. Still waiting for character development but knowing how horny the author is I won’t hold by breath
